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<h1 class="title">ppdcfile(5)</h1>
<h2 class="title"><a name="NAME">Name</a></h2>
-ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format
+ppdcfile - cups ppd compiler source file format (deprecated)
<h2 class="title"><a name="DESCRIPTION">Description</a></h2>
The CUPS PPD compiler reads meta files that contain descriptions of one or more PPD files to be generated by
-<a href="man-ppdc.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdc</b>(1).</a>
+<b>ppdc</b>(1).
This man page provides a quick reference to the supported keywords and should be used in conjunction with the online help for CUPS.
<p>The source file format is plain ASCII text that can be edited using your favorite text editor. Comments are supported using the C (/* ... */) and C++ (// ...) comment mechanisms.
<p>Printer driver information can be grouped and shared using curly braces ({ ... }); PPD files are written when a close brace or end-of-file is seen and a PCFileName directive has been defined.
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>VariablePaperSize </b><i>boolean-value</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"><dt><b>Version </b><i>number</i>
<dd style="margin-left: 5.0em"></dl>
+<h2 class="title"><a name="NOTES">Notes</a></h2>
+PPD files are deprecated and will no longer be supported in a future feature release of CUPS.
+Printers that do not support IPP can be supported using applications such as
+<b>ippeveprinter</b>(1).
<h2 class="title"><a name="SEE_ALSO">See Also</a></h2>
-<a href="man-ppdc.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdc</b>(1),</a>
-<a href="man-ppdhtml.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdhtml</b>(1),</a>
-<a href="man-ppdi.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdi</b>(1),</a>
-<a href="man-ppdmerge.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdmerge</b>(1),</a>
-<a href="man-ppdpo.html?TOPIC=Man+Pages"><b>ppdpo</b>(1),</a>
+<b>ppdc</b>(1),
+<b>ppdhtml</b>(1),
+<b>ppdi</b>(1),
+<b>ppdmerge</b>(1),
+<b>ppdpo</b>(1),
CUPS Online Help (<a href="http://localhost:631/help">http://localhost:631/help</a>)
<h2 class="title"><a name="COPYRIGHT">Copyright</a></h2>
-Copyright © 2007-2016 by Apple Inc.
+Copyright © 2007-2019 by Apple Inc.
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